84 Mr. F. Walker's Characters of undescrihed Lepidoptera 



Fam. SATURNIIDiE. 

 Genus SosxETRAj n. g. 



Mas. — Corpus sat robustum. Proboscis obsoleta. Palpi longi, 

 crassi, arcuati, dense pilosi, verticem attingentes. Antennae 

 ]aih pectinatae, apice filiformes. Abdomen longiusculum, alas 

 posticas sat supcrans. Pedes breviusculi, feraoribus tibiis- 

 que anticis densissime fimbriatis, tibiis posticis quadrical- 

 caratis. Alse parvulse; anticae apice rotundatae, margine 

 exteriore convexo sub-obliquo ; posticse sub-truncatae. 



Male. — Body rather short. Proboscis obsolete. Palpi long, 

 thickly curved, densely pilose, applied to the head and extending 

 to the vertex. Antennae broadly pectinated, filiform towards the 

 tips; branches successively decreasing in length. Abdomen 

 rather long, extending some distance beyond the hind-wings. 

 Legs rather short, fore- femora and fore- tibiae very densely fringed ; 

 hind-tibiae with four long spurs. Wings rather small. Fore- 

 wings somewhat rounded at the tips; exterior border convex, 

 slightly oblique. Hind-wings slightly trunctated at the tips and 

 on the adjoining part of the exterior border. 



Allied to I'haneta, Cat. Lep. Het. 1st Ser. 1382. 



Sosxetra grata. 



Mas. — Ochracea, thoracis fascia ro&ed, abdomine aurato, alis 

 anticis cinereo-lineatis, firabrid lutei rufo-nigroque notata, 

 litura discali flavd nigro-marginata, alis posticis flavis antice 

 ochraceis. 



Male. — Orange, testaceous beneath. Palpi brown, testaceous 

 at the base, rosy on each side. Thorax with a rosy band in front, 

 and with a rosy streak along each of the tegulae, which are very 

 long. Abdomen gilded, tufted at the tip ; appendages large. 

 Legs whitish-testaceous ; fore-legs mostly rosy. Fore-wings with 

 a cinereous line along each of the areolets ; fringe luteous, inter- 

 rupted by red and black white-specked marks ; discal mark yellow, 

 black-bordered on the outer side. Hind-wings yellow, orange in 

 front, marginal marks like those of the fore-wings. 



Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Brazil. 



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